Okay, I promised footnotes. Here they are, just in case you feel like reading them, as left off from the previous chapter.
To Benjamin Tennyson's humility, the photo was circulated, believe it or not, on the Bellwood Elementary School message boards, courtesy of the newsletter photo crew. The shot was neither taken as negative nor a perfect opportunity to spark further embarrassment against Bellwood's town hero, if only an inch bit young, it was a great way to preserve the after event of what could be Benjamin Tennyson's strangest day of his life, maybe even his hero 'career'. He had displayed a lot of courage, especially in the form of one of the alien life forms on the Omnitrix, in which strength nor fighting skills dominate, but teamwork, even if it exists as an alien with cellular-division capabilities.
As for the giant squid like creature, given the number of people wondering about the welfare of the creature, the creature was rescued by the wildlife society with the help of animal rights rescuers. The giant squid has managed to survive the trip to the marine rescue at least a few kilometres away from he coast of the Eastern Seaboard, where it is monitored from time to time. No one, not even a marine biologist, knows how the giant squid invaded the town of Bellwood from the sewer line, but according to the rumours of animal rights activists that helped with the transportation of the creature, they did not criticise Ben's attempts of rescuing his cousin from the creature, but due to the nature of the creature's ability to survive out of water, they only knew of one cold-hearted criminal and Dr Aloysius Animo eventually got the blame.
The rest they say is history. To keep a long story short, let us just say that the whole thing ended well, and it has remained that way.